Metals, Nonmetals, Metalloids

Neon is colorless, a poor conductor of heat and is not able to be stretched. How would it be classified?

• Nonmetal

• Metalloid

• Metal

• None of the above

Manganese is shiny, conducts heat and electricity, and can be hammered into thin sheets. What is is?

• Nonmetal

• Metal

• Metalloid

• None of the above

What properites do nonmetals have in common?

• Poor conductor of electricity

• Good conductor of thermal energy

• Soft and Malleable

• Shiny, lustrous surface

This word is used to describe a substance that breaks apart easily and is weak and fragile

• Conductivity

• Ductile

• Malleable

• Brittle

Metals are...

• dull, brittle, insulators.

• shiny or dull, brittle, semiconductor.

• shiny, malleable, conductors.

• shiny, dull, insulator.

A student is given a sample of an unknown substance. He is asked to determine if it is classified as a metal, a metalloid, or a nonmetal. He discovered that the unknown element conducted some heat and electricity, had a shiny luster, and broke easily. This element is most likely a 

• metal
• nonmetal
• metalloid
• cannot be determined

Anytime you see the word SEMICONDUCTOR - what substance do you have?

• Metal
• Nonmetal
• Metalloid

____________is the ability of a substance to be drawn out into a wire.

• Conductivity

• Ductility

• Mass

• Luster

The element Hydrogen is a ___________.

• metal

• nonmetal

• metalloid

• compound

What type of elements border the “stair step” or “zigzag line”?

• metals

• nonmetals

• metalloids

• solids